Sentences with 'rupture'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rupture and other words derived from it.
• « Within their remaining territory, the caliphs also faced uprisings. Even the idea of a united (Sunni) ummah was a casualty of this political rupture - the ruler of the Spanish kingdom claimed to be the 'true' caliph, with a Shi'ite dynasty in Egypt known as the Fatimids contesting both claims as they rejected the very idea of a Sunni caliph. »
• « The rejection of the 1826 Constitution led to a state of rupture between the provinces and the national government. The latter then decided to reach a peace agreement with Brazil in order to be able to use the national army to dominate the provinces. »
• « The borders between the United States and British Canada were maintained as before the war, a welcome outcome for those in the United States who feared a rupture in the country's otherwise steady westward expansion. »